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Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride is the ride I most anticipated riding during my visit to Disneyland. While that may seem odd I have many memories of riding it as a young kid. It did not disappoint. I LOVE the old school dark rides and the...

Let’s get right down to it. Yosemite is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen in my life. Its scale and grandeur cannot be captured in a photo. I’ve viewed thousands of photos of it prior to my visit and none of that prepared me...

On this trip I took this shot on 2 different occasions. The first time I did it when the park hadn’t closed yet as I wanted to get the carousel spinning. I figured I would not be able to get it people free and spinning...

Today I’m going to dive in with the first of many dark ride shots from Disneyland. As a classic dark ride lover Disneyland really delivers the goods. There’s so many classics to enjoy. They’re short but oh so satisfying. It makes me sad Walt Disney...

With all the unfamiliarity I experienced at Disneyland, being in the hub and shooting Partners I felt right at home. In fact, it really made me miss when Walt Disney World still had trees in the hub and when it was more compact. I understand...

Those purple lights they put up at Carthay Circle are something else. The photo doesn’t really do them justice. They are cool to see in person but it took me a second to think about editing this shot when I pulled it up. I realized...

All of last week’s Disneyland shots were pretty easy and straight forward. This one was definitely a step up in the difficulty factor. Let me lay out the details.To start I shot a 7-shot bracket with the Nikon 14-24 2.8 for the overall scene. Then...

While not originally on the itinerary when we realized we’d be stopping in Tucson for the night on the drive out to California we decided to check out Saguaro National Park briefly. The size of the cactus here is impressive. It’s an interesting park too...